OVER THE ANDES TO BOGOTA
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A MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN CROSSING THE ANDES IN CHAIRS
The chairs are lightly but strongly made, with a hoop, like the "bow" of a "prairie
schooner's" top, above the seat, over which a sheet is thrown to protect the occupant Four
bearers, or silleros, were required for the three chairs. For eight days they traveled at
about the same rate of speed as pack-mules, or approximately three miles an hour.
Photographs by Frank M. Chapman
AT THE JOURNEY'S END (SEE ALSO ILLUSTRATION ABOVE)